WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Federal authorities have stepped up scrutiny of suspected members of Lashkar-e-Taiba or LeT "sleeper cells" located in the United States, according to U.S. intelligence officials.
JERUSALEM -- With time running out on the U.S. George W. Bush administration and without a settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian dispute having been reached, as was hoped, the idea of a Palestinian-Israeli confederation is gradually replacing that of a two-state solution.
EDITORIAL
For much of this year, a cynic might have suggested that one of the many reasons for the decline in violence in Iraq was the soaring price of oil. A country that pumps over 2 million barrels a day was generating $1 billion a week in oil wealth, and that kind of money is a very powerful incentive for powerful people to become part of the governing system, rather than try to destroy it or blow it up.
OPINION
BEIRUT -- The appointment of Hillary Clinton as the next American secretary of state has generated much discussion and debate, most of it focused on personality and based on speculation and entertainment. The policies of the next U.S. president, Barack Obama, will speak for themselves in due course, which is how his administration will be judged.
PARIS -- A remarkable feature of the current scene is the failure of Arab governments to respond vigorously and collectively to international developments, even when they are of major significance for all of them.
